The Billionaire's Sextape: An Adult Billionaire Romance by Cj Howard Read Free Book Online Page B

filled with books. She even had a bicycle, which she knew had not been cheap. Why had they not just told her the truth rather than taken out loan after loan that they could not repay?  She was both grateful to them and angry at them at the same time.
                  “I’m terribly sorry, Delilah. They had been in conversations with the bank to get a loan for it, but it was turned down because of all the money they already owed. They obviously hadn’t told you yet because they were trying to make a plan. You know what they were like – they always tried to make a plan.”
                  “I can’t pay to go to college?” She couldn’t believe what she was hearing. Her parents had told her that she didn’t even need the waitress job. They had told her that they were sorting it all out for her. And she had believed them.
                  “No. Not with their money. And unless we can find a way to come up with some cash quickly, you will also lose the house.”
                  “Why don’t you sell the car then?”
                  “We are already on that. But it’s nowhere near the amount needed to help with all the other fees, because even that is not fully paid up. Now, do you have any other family we can call to help with this? Any aunts or uncles? Any cousins?”
                  “I don’t. It was just the three of us.” The three of us. Delilah couldn’t quite believe that it was now just her. There was no more “three of us.
    The lawyer had looked uncomfortable. “Well, then we’ll have to look at selling the house.”              
     
    “NO!” Delilah had interrupted. It was the only thing she had left of them. She’d lived her whole life in that house. It wasn’t anything special, but it was a part of them that she didn’t want to let go of. If she lived anywhere else, she wouldn’t have anything left of theirs. “I’ll pay for it.”
                  “How?” he had asked frankly.
                  “I’ll get a job, and I’ll pay it monthly. I’ll also pay toward all the money that they owe the bank. Please, sir. Please. I’ll do it – you just have to give me time. Surely if I’m paying a large sum to it every month, then I can eventually pay it off and there doesn’t have to be any trouble.”
    He had looked at Delilah then – the fierce determination that had crossed her face. “Okay then. I’ll give you a month to find yourself a job. But I’ll be honest, Delilah – it’s going to have to be a very high-paying one. There’s a minimum amount that you’ll have to pay each month, and it’s not going to be cheap. Are you sure you can do it?”
                  “I can do it! I need a place to stay. And I don’t want to lose the house.”
                  “What about college?” His voice had gone soft then – a sudden kindness ran through it as he put his work aside.
                  “I’ll put it on hold for a year. It can wait. I’ll sort this out. I promise.”
    Delilah had held onto that promise. She still hadn’t quite finished paying everything back, but she was close. But her dream of going back to college still seemed far away. A year had not been nearly long enough to sort everything out. But she held onto that dream. She refused to let it go. She may have lost a part of herself. She may have lost her parents. But she wouldn’t ever lose her ability to dream.
                  “Hello!!! Earth to Lilah! Have you been listening to a word that I’ve said?”
    Delilah blinked. She’d been in that lawyer’s office in her mind. Now she was sitting at home with Melissa. “I’m sorry. I think I’m just tired.”
                  “Well, you better find some energy. It’s time to go to work.”
     
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    Delilah spent the rest of the evening going through her usual routine at work. Her